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In 1998, the House triggered an open-ended impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton in a momentous 258-176 vote, and more events tha…
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Konstantin Ernst, an image-maker for Russia President Vladimir Putin and chief executive of the country’s leading TV station, got a discount to buy and develop Soviet-era cinemas and surrounding property in Moscow after he directed the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, according to the leaked documents. Ernst told the organization the deal wasn’t secret and denied suggestions he was given special treatment.
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In 2010, the Supreme Court began a new era with three women serving together for the first time as Elena Kagan took her place at the end of th…
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